diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 7b2e52de5..91990ba11 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       owner   => 0,
       group   => 0,
       mode    => '0755',
-      recurse => true,
     }
   }